A Boone County Sheriff's deputy who was cleared five years ago in the shooting death of a Nicholas County woman was arrested on domestic violence charges Tuesday.

A Boone County sheriff's deputy who was cleared five years ago in the shooting death of a Nicholas County woman was arrested on domestic violence charges Tuesday, officials said.

Scotty Hill, 41, has worked for the sheriff's office for 11 years, according to a release from the Boone County Sheriff's Office.

Hill was charged with alcohol intoxication and fourth-degree assault after an off-duty altercation with his wife at their Verona home.

He was released at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday from the Boone County Detention Center on a $500 cash bond, according to a deputy jailer, and is expected to appear in Boone District Court at 9:30 a.m. July 22.

Hill has been suspended without pay, according to the sheriff's office press release.

Boone County sheriff's spokesman Tom Scheben could not be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon.

A grand jury in February 2009 decided not to charge Hill with his involvement in a fatal shooting in December 2008 in Nicholas County.

Investigators then said Hill had gone with his wife and daughter to pick up a horse Dec. 29, 2008, when he shot and killed Brenda Pollitt, 55, at a rural Nicholas County farm after she pointed a pistol at him and threatened to shoot.

Hill apparently went to the farm to purchase a horse from Pollitt's nephew, according to investigators.

Investigators said Pollitt had ordered her nephew to move out of her house by midnight and to take all of his possessions, including the horse. Hill's lawyer at the time, Burr Travis, said the nephew called Hill to take the horse. But investigators said Hill was confronted by Pollitt.

Hill went back to work as a Boone County sheriff's deputy after he was cleared.